Wu Peifu's approving expression appeared on his face, this nephew was too beyond his imagination, he was decisive and resolute, and he knew what was at stake.

"You little rabbit cub learned this set of sticks and sweet dates, don't you want Cao Kun's life. If he doesn't withdraw the troops for a day, he will sleep restlessly for a day, okay, I'll go back and hand over your sweet dates to him first, as for what he does, my uncle can't interfere, you have to give your uncle 500,000 military expenses every year, I can't afford to raise so many troops, and this army is also raised for you. ”

This cheap uncle actually said that he would work for himself, Hu Wenkai believed it a little, but it was impossible to believe it all. Unless you kick your head to a donkey, you will not believe the words of these warlords, but it is a hundred times better to sponsor Wu Peifu than to sponsor Cao Kun, at least at this stage it is beneficial to yourself.

"Uncle, nephew is considering whether to provide you with a million military expenses every year, and you can also let one hundred of your officers go to Yanyang Military Academy for training every year. My uncle's troops were stationed in Henan as much as possible, so that my defense forces on the Anhui and Jiangsu sides could be reduced. ”

Wu Peifu didn't mind the military spending of 500,000 yuan and 1 million, he originally wanted to station troops in Beijing and Tianjin to intimidate the central government, Hu Wenkai's proposal made his eyes shine, if he continued to be stationed in Henan, it would inevitably be connected with Hu Wenkai's Jiangsu and Anhui, and no one in the offensive and defensive alliance would dare to move them easily.

"Wen Kai, there are some things I can't do very clearly, after all, the world knows my relationship with Cao Kun."

After more than two years of living in the Republic of China, Hu Wenkai found that all scholars or ordinary warlords were very stingy with their reputation and cherished their feathers very much. Wu Peifu in the future market suffered from this, and excessive loyalty to Cao Kun was exchanged for suspicion and suppression. On the whole, I am still satisfied with this yellow-bearded cheap uncle.

Wu Peifu looked at Hu Wenkai with a solemn expression and said, "Wen Kai, do you suspect that Cao Kun will be unfavorable to me behind his back?" ”

"Uncle, this is not certain. Now that you and he have a disagreement on the fundamental political position, what politicians fear most is that the fundamental position is contrary to the fundamental position. What he wants is to be the president of Rong Guangzu, and he can deviate from the agreement he reached with us, and it is up to you whether you get in his way. My uncle is seeking a unified China to regain its glory, and does not care about fame. ”

After saying this, Wu Peifu did not continue to dwell on this issue, and changed the topic to Hu Wenkai.

"Uncle read your report article, you are very good, at least the only one in your age. There are no people like you in history, but they all died young. Almost all of them died in the mass strangulation, you have to be careful that now that your identity has been revealed, the identity of the actual controller of your three provinces has long been exposed. Domestic forces will soon form a tacit alliance to suppress you, and Britain and Japan will not be willing to let you rise. ”

"Uncle, what you said has come true, I urgently need time now, at least a stable external environment for a year. If my uncle is stationed in Henan, there will be no danger in my north, and I will be thankful that Fujian, Hunan, and Hubei will not trouble them, and I can free up my hands and feet to develop heavy industry, transportation, and people's livelihood. ”

"Wen Kai, how many troops do you have now?"

"After the reorganization of the army, there are 50,000 people, and there are more than 5,000 people in the navy and air force. The number of my uncle's troops is enough, and too many soldiers hinder economic development, not because I can't afford to support them, but because there is a shortage of labor on my side, and young people go to work in factories when they go to become soldiers. ”

Wu Peifu did not give him an accurate answer, stationed in Henan, stood up and walked to Hu Wenkai's side and sat down.

"Wen Kai, your father died early, and you are the only one in the family. Uncle means not to have the idea of starting from the beginning, you still have to find what you should find, you have to accept what you should accept, and passing on the family to the next generation as soon as possible is also worthy of my dead brother's spirit in the sky. ”

"Uncle, I'm only in my early twenties, how can I think about this, let's wait a few years."

"Wen Kai, you tell the truth to your uncle, you don't have feelings for Changhui?"

Hu Wenkai's head shook like a rattle: "No, no, I just treat her as my sister." Uncle, don't persuade me, I've only had Carrota alone in the past few years. ”

Wu Peifu laughed, patted Hu Wenkai on the shoulder and said, "You kid, I thought you were really guarding a person, but it turned out that you didn't meet your heart." ”

Hu Wenkai's face finally turned red, he accidentally leaked his mouth in front of this old warlord, and he had to think twice about speaking in the future.

In the evening, Liang Qichao hosted a banquet to entertain Wu Peifu, who made a special trip to Cangzhou to welcome Liang Qichao and Lu Yongxiang to Baoding for talks. Hu Wenkai did not attend the dinner party, and the discussion was finished, and he drove to Gao Jinchang's station overnight. He didn't want to stay in Cangzhou City, and he felt a sense of fear in his heart, and his dreams in the afternoon came back from time to time, so don't be self-defeating and travel to the unknown world.

After a hasty dinner, I stayed in the room and crossed my legs, holding a book and looking at it. Gao Jinchang wanted to report to him several times and walked to the door, but saw the boss sitting on a chair reading a book with the door wide open, so he had to give up. Hu Wenkai has given himself psychological hints for the twentieth time to relax his nervous and helpless emotions, but he still has a lingering sense of fear in his heart.

The weather in the North China Plain is very refreshing in June, and the temperature is cool at night, and there is the feeling that the cherries are returning in spring, and the butterflies are flying in light powder. The soldiers had fallen asleep, and the only sounds in the camp were the cries of insects. The Upper Xuanyue, which emitted a silvery-white light, hung in mid-air.

Walking on the runway of the wild airport in a coat, thinking about why I am worried about a lot of things, why can't I be a rich man happily, and the bubble girl drinks and slowly tastes life. The inner gathering kicked the mud in front of him hard, and he was going to make a mess if he was evil. I want to go back to Shanghai immediately to realize all the industries and leave China, I sighed, I have already pulled many people into the water, and I can't do anything like patting my ass and leaving, at least I have to be worthy of my brothers and teachers.

He analyzed why he was in such a bad mood today, whether it was because of the nonsensical dream in the afternoon, and he couldn't help but laugh to himself, because he read too many science fiction novels in later generations, and the scent of amber on the wooden bed was the trigger. I was scared by the crossing, even if there is a planet, there will be a few decades of development will crush which planet, and I want to hang up and turn over without dying, I am afraid that I can still scare myself.

Thinking about this, I looked down on myself more and more, and to put it bluntly, I was afraid of surviving in adversity. Tighten the coat that was tightly draped over his shoulders, walk over to the airport sentry, find a fire, light a cigarette, and walk back.

The next morning, the morning sun was just red, and Sun Xiaolan had already rushed to the barracks to preside over the live-fire exercise. Hu Wenkai also had to register to leave Cangzhou and return to Xuzhou, and Sun Xiaolan stopped the car at the airport, removed three wooden boxes from the car and directed the soldiers to transport them to the plane.

"Sun Xiaolan, what are you transporting?" Hu Wenkai thought that he was transporting goods by empty plane.

"Boss, this is a gift from Cao Kun."

"What gift? How did he know I was coming to Cangzhou? ”

"It was brought by Wu Peifu, one is a porcelain vase of the Ming Dynasty, one is the golden seal of the vassal king, and one is an ancient sword used by the royal family of the Song Dynasty. He shouldn't have known that you came to Cangzhou in person. ”

"Bring the ancient sword and I'll take a look." Hu Wenkai was interested in the Song sword, and the later generations had never seen the sword of the Song Dynasty in his life.

A Song sword with a sharkskin scabbard was taken out of the wooden box, about eighty centimeters long, and the blade was extremely slender when it was drawn, the handle was wound with gold wire, and a sapphire was embedded in the upper end of the handle. The layers of fish scales on the sword body reflect the light in the glow. Flick the sword body with your fingers to make a "flick the sword and sing". Cao Kun is interesting, a cloth seller actually gives gifts like this, which means that I can occupy one side like a vassal king.

Hu Wenkai inserted the sword back into the scabbard and said: "Although the ancient sword is not as good as *, the emphasis on shape and light function is a major drawback of our clan. ”

"Sun Xiaolan, is this my personal belongings or a return to the party?" Hu Wenkai wanted to find out about this matter, and handed it over to the party if it was considered to be reinstated.

"The boss gave you this matter from Cao Kun privately, of course, it is your personal belongings, even if it is a private contact, you also have to return the gift."

"Returning the gift? That's good, you choose a good pistol for me, only four bullets, and give it to Cao Kun in front of him. ”

"Why only four rounds?" Sun Xiaolan asked suspiciously.

Hu Wenkai boarded the spiral staircase of the plane and said: "Once a year, if you get out of the fight, he will understand." ”

Xuzhou is now like a big construction site, Yang Siliang accompanied Hu Wenkai to inspect the construction site of a large tractor factory, the sand and gravel truck is busy, the mixer roars, pouring, lifting steel beams, and transporting materials, everyone does their own work. Yang Siliang introduced that workers should work during the day at night, dry on rainy days, and work on holidays, and people will work in shifts 24 hours a day. Every time a pile foundation is poured, the construction headquarters takes the lead in organizing the joint acceptance of the representatives of the four parties of auditing, geological survey, design and construction, so as to achieve "no reduction in speed, no loss of safety, and no reduction in quality".

Hu Wenkai frowned and said: "Yang Siliang, you have begun to learn to brag about beating horses, you can use the words "speed is not reduced, safety is not lost, and quality is not reduced, you can complete the factory construction with quality and quantity, can you use such boasting?" ”

"Boss, I mean pay attention after walking your mouth, now the bottleneck of Xuzhou construction is the lack of cement supply. The cement plant will not be operational until early July. ”

"Yang Siliang, it's not that I said you, how tight the cement was during the construction of Tianfen in the past, didn't it also be built, first use the cement in key places, and the rest of the foundation for the time being, and then improve it after the cement plant is put into operation. What happened to the power plant? ”

"The power plant has already started to generate electricity, and there is a lot of coal here and the helpers are cheap, but the level of workers is too poor, and four technical schools were set up here in March, and the number of factory helpers is far from enough to meet the demand."

"This matter is not urgent, and it cannot be rushed. Skilled workers need to be trained on the spot, and technical schools can only impart basic theoretical knowledge. You must pay attention to the fact that no residential buildings are allowed in the industrial zone, and no commercial buildings are allowed. Originally, there were two areas, one industrial and one residential. He is worried that the industrial zone will be chaotic if it is sandwiched between residents, and the shuttle train will not be able to run at all, and public security will also become a problem.

The huge cantilever steel beams of the aircraft factory are being lifted, and the 36-meter-wide building is the largest in the world today, which can accommodate and assemble seven Sparrow transport aircraft at the same time, which is more than enough for large bombers to assemble even later. Next to it is an engine factory, a large forging plant, an instrument factory, and a series of aircraft supporting factories have been built.